Thesaurus: jape

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1. v. i. To jest; to play tricks; to jeer.
2. v. t. To mock; to trick.
3. n. a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
4. To jest; to play tricks; to jeer. [Obs.] Chaucer. To mock; to trick. Chaucer. I have not been putting a jape upon you. Sir W. Scott. The coy giggle of the young lady to whom he has imparted his latest merry jape. W. Besant.
5. To jest; to play tricks; to jeer. [Obs.] Chaucer.
6. n:100 n a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter